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Does penis size have an impact on the way that a man performs in bed? This is a question that men have been worrying about since the beginning of time. Many men end up taking drastic measures to ensure that their penis size is big enough to satisfy their partner and often buy male enhancement products. They are worried if they come up short in size their performance will suffer as well.

Is there any truth that a small penis will leave a partner wanting more in the bedroom?

There is a little bit of truth to this myth. If a male organ is very small the penis many females will still have sex with the man. If she really likes the man she will not turn away when it comes to making love.

There are some men that are unfortunate and they suffer from a condition that is known as micropenis. If the penis is that small they need a surgery to enhance the size of their penis. A huge penis is not needed to give a woman a good sexual experience. In addition to the penis; skills and technique are important. If you think that your penis is not measuring up, relax. There are three things you can do to keep your women happy in bed.

Young lovers

Know how to treat her – Sex is more than purely intercourse. The woman can be pleased in other ways. Women desire an orgasm and enjoy them. Women take a longer time to reach that point during sex. This is where a man can make up for his size. Learn the places where your woman likes to be touched. Women have a number of different erogenous zones on their bodies. Pay attention to what she likes and she can have an orgasm every time.

Stay Fit and Healthy – Having a large penis a man needs to pay attention to his overall sexual health and well being. There are many men that have a large penis but are not able to perform well when it matters. Keeping the body in shape and make sure your penis is able to become erect when needed can put you ahead of most men. Women will be more impressed by a man that can go longer in bed than a man with a large penis.

Increase Penis Size Naturally – There are a number of male enhancement products on the market that claim to be able to make the penis grow bigger. These products can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. There is no need to spend money on these products. There is a natural way that a man can increase the size of his penis. There are some penis exercises that can increase the size and the appearance of the manhood. If a man does the same exercises and techniques over again it will help increase the size of his penis.

Introduction

Persons who suffer from depression tend to be withdrawn and reserved. They tend to have self-pity in that they blame themselves for their failures and credit luck for their successes. If these trends go on unabated, the end result is that of powerlessness and ineffectiveness. This further compounds the process by worsening the cycle of negative thinking.

The aim of the proceeding discussions is to lay bare the most effective basic cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches to mitigating depression.

Basic Cognitive Therapy Approaches

Monitoring your Thoughts

This is perhaps the most significant of all the possible intervention mechanisms. This is especially effective in combating mild to moderate depression. You may wish to keep a diary of your thoughts as one of the ways to do this. This way, you will be more aware of the negative talks that may take root in your mind. You will also be able to put in place credible intervention mechanisms to counter such negative thoughts.

To do this, you will have to identify the negative or outdated thoughts, challenge those thoughts, remove those thoughts from your mind, and finally replace them with more pleasant ones. It is important to note that thoughts lead to feelings which eventually lead to behaviours.

It, therefore, follows that by weeding out the negative thoughts and leaving behind only the positive ones, you will give rise to more positive feelings. This will result in lighter moods, more optimistic behaviours, and a better outlook on life as a whole.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Healthy and Balanced Diet

You inevitably have to eat a healthy and balanced diet. This diet has to be rich in Vitamins and minerals. These two nutrients are pretty effective in dealing with moderate and mild depression.

Other than these, you should also eat plenty of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. This is because such foods contain plenty of Zinc, folate, and Vitamin B1, all of which have been consistently proved to improve the moods of depressed persons. Persons with depression have also been shown to respond better to treatments after consuming foods that are rich in Vitamin B12.

You should also take in lots of proteins especially those that are rich in Omega 3 such as oily fish. These include sardines and kippers. It goes without saying that you should hydrate regularly by drinking around 8 glasses of water daily. To make this approach all the more fruitful, you ought to avoid refined foods and alcohol.

Regular Exercising

Studies upon studies have deduced almost without exception that exercising is great for combating stress and depression. 30-minute daily exercise for at least 3 to 5 days a week can slow down the severity of depression.

Further to that, exercising can also distract you from your worries besides improving your overall health and fitness. This automatically leads to improved moods and ‘feel good’ factor in your body’s chemistry. This is because the endorphin hormones are released while you are exercising.

Exercising can also aid in getting rid of frustrations and built-up stress besides contributing to making you sleep better.

Connecting with Others

Being with others in times of stress can help you to ward off the deeper negative thoughts. Studies have as a matter of fact deduced that in 90% of the cases, persons who socialized when stressed had their moods improve. You also do not have to play a central role while connecting with others. You only need to hang around others, that’s all.

Good Night Sleep

A good nights sleep can do wonders for ones mood

While stressed, your sleeping patterns tend to be disturbed or disrupted. At times you sleep too much while at other times you can hardly catch any sleep at all. In some extraordinary circumstances, you will so irritated that your existing low mood will be worsened. These notwithstanding, you will still have to obtain at least 8 hours of sleep each night. You should also strive to put in place a regular routine that your body may get used to.

Limiting Contacts with Negative Persons

Hanging around negative or toxic people when you are stressed is the worst and the last thing you can possibly do. These people may be members of your family who are equally stressed or bitter with life. Some of the signs to look out for are constantly criticism of others, unnecessary judgments of others, and provision of a ‘toxic environment’.

Even though you may not avoid certain persons, you are advised to try as much as possible to stay away from them. Alternatively, you may wish to scale down your interactions with them by limiting your contacts as much as possible. Do so especially when you feel mentally or emotionally vulnerable. By staying in the company of positive and optimistic persons you get to feed to moods and raise your optimism.

Closing Remarks

Well, there you have it! You really have a lot of homework to do in case you ever hope to combat stress and depression effectively. Following the laid down basic cognitive behavioral therapy approaches above shall give you the necessary starting point, you need to achieve awesome results.

It is very important to read self help techniques and strategies. This is because these self help techniques aid a person in adjusting when he or she is faced by challenges. We all agree that at some point in our lives, we must be faced with trials and difficulties. This is a normal experience which life can give unto us all. Challenges make life more interesting and spicier. Because of these problems, our day to day journey becomes worth living for. Life becomes empty and without meaning if these so called challenges weren’t there. However, it is important to note that difficulties will put our faith to test and weigh our strength. We will need to exceed and outdo every challenge and difficulty that will come in our lives because if we do not manage to adjust on these changes, we certainly will end up hopeless and without courage eventually. It is evident that across the world, there is a good number of people who have gone insane without sound minds. This is as a result of high stress levels.

Among the widely used self help techniques is meditation and relaxation management. Relaxation basically means the ways of lowering stress levels in an individual . A good example of relaxation technique is excluding yourself from the crowd or general public so that you can have some time by yourself. The importance of this self help relaxation technique is that you can have a chance when you are alone to look at all your actions and determine the wrong moves you might have made in your journey of life that might have led to the current situation that is causing stress. We need to note that even a simple issue that is causing stress can lead to a fatal anxiety attack at the end. For this reason, you need to know how to manage the stress and challenges you face. Other than some alone time, you could also take time to have a deep sleep. We are all aware that sleeping is the surest way of getting all the brain activities going on in our minds to relax. In the end, you will wake up with a sound and certain thought after a major event in your life that caused you distress.

Along with meditation and relaxation, there are certain individuals who find solace from eating foods when they encounter a major challenge or when they feel stressed. They need to be careful however, in that this self help technique of managing stress by eating can be harmful to them eventually. Certain individuals have ended up becoming obese because of this routine in which they turn to eating for comfort when they are faced by a challenge or obstacle. Experts advice us that we should all find the most efficient ways in relieving our anxieties, a method that works for us. You should remember that not all the self help techniques that are there will work for all of us.

Humour has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can be sure the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases the relationship is on the down slide. If you want to have more fulfilling relationships you might want to consider sharpening your sense of humour as a great place to start.

Happy Couple

Here are five ways to improve your sense of humour and improve your relationships in the process.

Begin to cultivate an atmosphere of humour and laughter in your relationships by focussing on the funny things in life and enjoying the laughter they evoke. Soon you will be seeing humour all over and enjoying it fully.

If you don ’t laugh as much as you used to and want to correct the situation start associating with humorous, fun loving people and avoid the downers.

Learn to laugh at yourself. If you don’t you leave the job to others. So many people are unable to laugh at themselves because of their own insecurities and fears. We are afraid to look foolish in the eyes of others and appear to be incompetent. It is important to realize that we all make mistakes and when we do a good laugh makes the mistake seem trivial and human.

Collect cartoons and jokes and put them on display on the fridge or the bulletin board for all to see and enjoy. Make sure to avoid racist, sexist or filthy humour. There is plenty of good clean humour to go around without resorting to these. Remember that there is a difference between dirty and earthy humour. I personally like earthy humour. I don’t appreciate dirty material.

Use humour to neutralize conflict in your relationships. When things get tense use self deprecating humour to lighten things up. I remember one evening having an argument with my wife, Carol. In the heat of the moment she said something totally out of character. She said something hurtful. In my surprise I looked at her and said, “ Carol, when you say things like that you stoop to my level.” She started to laugh and so did I. It wasn’t long before things were back to normal. Remember that a sense of humour is learned, not inherited. You can sharpen your sense of humour if you really want to. When you do, you will find that your relationships become richer and more rewarding and that people find you more attractive and fun to be with. This alone makes improving your sense of humour worth the effort

Picture it – your minivan is stopped at a rest area. Your partner sits at the wheel while you are buried under a mess of unfolded maps. You feel tense as you debate over directions while your jumpy kids in the back seat are spreading chocolate over each other. Aah, the joys of a family vacation. Don’t despair, not every trip has to be like that. By making plans in advance, you can help ease tensions on the trip and turn it into a family adventure filled with wonderful memories for everyone. Before getting started, consider these quick travel tips.

Where are we?

Preparing for the road trip

Try to map out your trip in advance or at least be prepared with a road atlas in the car. Michelin’s 2003 North America Road Atlas is spiral bound and compact, which means it lies flat for easier navigating and folds over easily so it can be tucked away in the glove compartment. A great innovation is that maps are organized by geographic region, not by the alphabet … according to the way you actually drive.

Are we there yet?

Let your children also have their own map so they can follow along with you. Use a road atlas to teach your children how to use maps and help them learn to answer that gnawing question, “Are we there yet?” Make a game out of it and try to see who can calculate the distance the fastest.

I have to go!

Plan exciting pit stops along the way to give everyone a chance to stretch their legs and use a restroom. Choose interesting locations and tourist attractions such as the world’s largest coffee pot in Saskatchewan, magnetic hill in New Brunswick or a haunted lighthouse in Ontario. Make these stops part of the fond memories of your family trip.

I’m bored!

Entertaining car-based activities for the kids will help make the journey more pleasant for everyone. There are a variety of great board games available in compact sizes, which use magnets to ensure pieces stay on the board. Other options include reading out loud, singing or listening to audio books. Consider the classic games of “I Spy”, a scavenger hunt or even counting cows, horses and other unique items you identify.

I’m hungry!

To avoid grumbling stomachs keep some snacks handy such as fruit, granola bars or juice boxes to keep everyone satisfied while you search for the next rest stop. Spending time together on a road trip is a great way to have quality time with your family. Don’t let it ruin your trip. Instead make it part of the adventure and the wonderful memories. Not only will some advance planning make your trip a lot more pleasant, it may keep everyone talking to one another!

It was originally called The Big Heart. Daryl Zanuck the shrewd head of Twentieth Century Fox couldn’t buy the image of Santa Claus in a court room. But like so many ventures Miracle On 34th Street (1947) came about because of passion, in this case that of Director George Seaton who had gone to New York on his own and made arrangements with the real Mr. Macy and Mr. Gimbel to film inside their department stores. Impressed by Seaton’s commitment Zanuck gave the show a green light.

Who would play the little girl who didn’t believe in Santa Claus? Seaton agonized over it, until the assistant director remembered an amazing child prodigy from Santa Rosa, California who could cry on cue. Her name was Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin renamed Natalie Wood after director Sam Wood . The same Natalie Wood who would later go out on a hotel room ledge and threaten to jump when her boyfriend Elvis Presley ignored her to play poker with Memphis Mafia. The same girl who would infuriate fellow cast members of West Side Story (1961) with her tardiness, her refusal to learn simple dance steps and her insistence on long lunch breaks to visit with her analyst. But the seven-year-old Natalie had none of the typical child star precocious behaviour, she gained the respect of her co-stars on the Miracle set with her professional demeanour, earning the nickname One-Take-Natalie.

Like all filmed on location movies there were logistical problems. The sequence where Santa was taken to Bellevue was done without permission. The famous hospital would not cooperate with Hollywood because they had been portrayed badly in earlier films, they were not swayed by the sight of a sickly, freezing cold Santa Claus (Edmund Gwenn) bundled up under blankets in a car, waiting to shoot his scenes. The filmmakers were forced to shoot only the car approaching the building’s entrance and edit the rest later. Another difficulty was getting permission to shoot the Macy’s parade from the apartment dwellers on 34th street which had to be done right the first time, there could be no retakes. The film crew paid the ladies of the house to place the cameras in their windows. Then their husbands came home, complained about the inconvenience and demanded their own equal share. Most difficult to film was the sickly but determined Edmund Gwenn who would win an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle. He suffered from a bladder control problem but couldn’t stand the thought of someone taking his place in the parade. The children who stood on the sidewalk waving at Santa never saw the long tube under his cloak.

Overcoming his initial reluctance Daryl Zanuck who was famous for his memos, made suggestions to improve the film’s story. The mother Doris, played by Maureen O’Hara was too cold, she would scare a man like Fred (John Payne) off, she had to be made warmer to the audience by explaining that she had been burned by an earlier relationship and that’s why she didn’t want her daughter believing in Santa Claus. Zanuck also felt that they shouldn’t overdo the scenes where Macy’s employees recommend that their customers go shopping at Gimbels, just some simple dialogue was enough to get the point across. But despite the loud cheering by preview audiences when Santa Claus was declared sane in the courtroom scene, Zanuck never had full confidence in the film. He put it in theatres in July, the busiest time of year for moviegoers, and told his marketing staff to hide from the public that the film was about Christmas.

One reference in the Miracle script that’s now dated was when Kris Kringle’s psychiatrist mentioned a man in Hollywood who passed himself off as Russian Prince and owned a restaurant. It was a dig at Mike Romanoff, a colorful fraud whose Rodeo Drive eatery was a fun sanctuary for Hollywood’s most notorious figures. One night FBI head J. Edgar Hoover was dining at Romanoffs when he was approached by an actual jewel thief named Swifty Morgan. “Like to buy these gold cuff links?” Amused, Hoover offered $200. “Oh come on John the reward is more than that!”

Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks Fascinating Walt Disney and Tales Of Hollywood. Hear real audio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.

Recently, our family had the opportunity to care for sisters’ children for a couple days, when she and her husband travelled to a bed and breakfast for some much need rest and relaxation. They don’t have a chance to get away that often, so I was more than happy to help them out for this little getaway. And, well, I would hope that she would do the same thing for me.

Once I agreed to taking care of her children, reality set in. My sister has six children, and while the youngest wouldn’t be staying with me, all the others would be. Add those five children to my three, you have eight, and add that to my small apartment and you have enough to drive any mom up a wall! How would I keep eight children occupied in my small home, without spending a lot of money?

One of the first activities we played was Twister. Twister was a gift for Christmas, so it was a game the children were still learning. As I watched them play, my I started thinking about the games my siblings and I played as children — those easy games that usually required no extra supplies. There were six of us, and I can remember keeping ourselves occupied with old favourites such as “Mother May I?” and “Old Maid”. After reminiscing, I decided that I would take this opportunity to teach them these favorited games.

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I am not sure who had more fun with it, but I taught them several of the games I played as a young child, and everyone had the greatest time. I taught them “Red Light, Green Light” and “Red Rover”, among others. Even the older children had fun playing “London Bridge” for the sake of the little ones. Want to know the best part? It has been over a week since I taught the kids these games, and on several occasions, I have caught them playing them on their own. Now, what could be better than that?

I encourage you to think back to some of your favourites childhood games. Did you love to play “Simon Says”? When was the last time you built a hopscotch? Do your children even know that there is actually a way to play marbles? Think of your favourites, and start teaching them to your children. Not only do most of these games require very little supplies, if any, but they show your children that there are fun activities that don’t have to be plugged in.

If you need some inspiration, the following websites offer instructions on many popular childhood games: